Walden Robotics Exits Stealth With $1.1 Billion Toyota Backing
Toyota and Deviation Capital co-led the $300 million seed funding robots built for machine tending, tool setting and parts kitting, not humanoids.
- Walden Robotics is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and already sells robots to factories.
- Toyota and Deviation Capital co-led the roughly $300 million seed funding round.
- The robots handle machine tending, tool setting, parts kitting and assembly, not humanoid tasks.
Why it matters: The billion-dollar valuation reflects machines already tending tools and kitting parts on real factory floors.